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Chapter 11. Managing Existing User and Group Accounts

In this chapter:

Managing User Contact Information

Configuring the User’s Environment Settings

Setting Account Options and Restrictions

Managing User Profiles

Updating User and Group Accounts

Managing Multiple User Accounts

Troubleshooting Logon Problems

Viewing and Setting Active Directory Permissions

In a perfect world, you could create user and group accounts and never have to touch them again. Unfortunately, we live in the real world. After you create accounts, you’ll spend a lot of time managing them. This chapter provides guidelines and tips to make that task easier.

Managing User Contact Information

Active Directory is a directory service. When you create user accounts, those accounts can have ...